Both games received excellent ports on the NES and SNES, respectively, with the latter port often considered superior in many ways, mainly thanks to the SNES version’s additional levels, bosses, and gameplay additions.

They were brightly colored and beautifully animated, showcasing that incredible side-scrolling beat’ em up action that easily intoxicated both gamers and Ninja Turtle fans to keep pumping quarters into the games.

However, the two games most fondly remember are the 1989 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time arcade hits. Most gamers that grew up on the original 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon can recall the (mostly) excellent games inspired by it. While there have been a great number of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games published over the years, the most notable and successful entries came in the late 80s and early 90s. Heck, the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise received its own rare but decent-looking 2018 beat ‘em up arcade, just simply titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.Īlthough it certainly looks great, especially with some callbacks to previous classics like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time. However, it’s modern 3D visuals don’t hit those same nostalgic sweet notes that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge has already executed brilliantly. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise certainly has seen both incredible highs (the years 1984 to 1996) and unfortunate lows (the critically-panned Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III ) over the past decades, but the popularity of the 1987 cartoon franchise has never been topped, although Nickelodeon’s 2012 cartoon series had five well-received seasons. The trailers also offered a very brief glimpse at the gameplay, clearly inspired by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, Final Fight, and other excellent 90s side-scrolling beat ‘em ups.Īlthough Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge was initially revealed without stating what home consoles the game would be appearing on, Nintendo’s mid-April Indie World Showcase presentation confirmed that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge is coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year.

The brief trailers so far haven’t revealed much, beyond an incredible animated intro with an ear-pleasing remix of the 1987 series’ theme song.

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